Thanks to ShadowAce for the ping!!
Posted on 05/11/2015 8:29:18 AM PDT by Eric Pode of Croydon
Well I have never bought an Apple product, not that I have anything against their products or their quality,I just never felt I had enough disposable income to spend on things like theirs.
Borrow someone Windows 7 pc and create a repair disk.
Steps with photos.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/5409/create-a-system-repair-disc-in-windows-7/
Thanks to ShadowAce for the ping!!
These day an Apple Watch can do the same things a Windows 7 laptop with an i7 processor and 8 gigs ram
When you get to the boot prompt, you want to run bootrec. Check out this walkthrough:
BOOTMGR is missing in Windows Server 2008 R2
This is for Server 2008 R2, but the kernel for Windows 7 is identical to Server 2008 R2. The instructions will work the same.
Yep. It’s always preferable to use the advanced tools on the install disk to re-partition and format the drive you wish the OS installed onto.
Yup... That's it - and maybe move the boot drive to SATA 0 too.
If your PE is USB, that can sometimes cause trouble since it is trying to fix the boot on the USB itself, rather than the effected System drive - It doesn't sound like that is your issue, but make sure there is *nothing* IDE/ATAPI/USB bootable connected except the target system drive, and the DVD you boot the repair disk into, with the DVD BEHIND the system drive in succession...
Sounds like you may have lost a boot sector, but more probably Win blew chunks at shutdown and ate it's own MBR - I see that a lot, and I sure do wish I knew why...
Windows 8.1 is not an upgrade if you live in the real world.
Its just another attempt to find people that are stupid enough to trust the “cloud.”
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>> “It’s always preferable to use the advanced tools on the install disk to re-partition and format the drive you wish the OS installed onto.” <<
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Very good advice.
Always reject “overlay” type partition manipulators, as they frequently leave you subject to impending catastrophe if any part of the overlay boot data becomes corrupted.
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It works for me. Better than Windows 7 anyway.
Hard drive crash. Hope you backed up.
Sounds like you may have lost a boot sector, but more probably Win blew chunks at shutdown and ate it's own MBR
I agree. Since I can get to the BIOS with no problem, run a chkdsk on the boot partition, and copy that partition to another drive with zero errors, I an hoping I can get by here without a format/reinstall.
Thanks for reading the post - some on this thread obviously did not.
“These day an Apple Watch can do the same things a Windows 7 laptop with an i7 processor and 8 gigs ram”
Can you post to FR with an Apple watch?
“Windows 8.1 is not an upgrade if you live in the real world. Its just another attempt to find people that are stupid enough to trust the “cloud.””
I run 8.1. It is an upgrade. And I don’t use the cloud with it.
OTOH, Apple has tied their users to the cloud since 1998 ...
I upgraded from W7 to W8.1 - skipped W8.
W8.1 is faster and faar more stable than W7.
BTW, simply checking 1 option box, my Ultrabook boots direct from power-on to desktop ~ 20 seconds.
AND, I rarely ever see the “tile” start screen.
“BTW, simply checking 1 option box, my Ultrabook boots direct from power-on to desktop ~ 20 seconds.”
Just timed my desktop. 12 seconds!
“AND, I rarely ever see the “tile” start screen.”
8.1 has tiles? Just kidding. My wife uses mostly tiles on her laptop.
Yep... Sorry, I am old enough that PATA is stuck in my head. First port is best... SATA is arrayed in pairs... Try second pair if first pair fails...I don't think it is controller or such though, because you have read access to the drive... Do you have write? Try copying a text file TO it somewhere...
So I am thinking the repair program is not looking at the proper drive... They all still seem to default to 'first drive found', like always... Or at least eliminate that possibility and go from there... thus eliminate all unnecessary IDE/SATA/ATAPI/USB (including controller cards)and focus the problem, see?
I HAVE had problems with Windows repair running from USB, though not always... but it is best from CD.
I agree. Since I can get to the BIOS with no problem, run a chkdsk on the boot partition, and copy that partition to another drive with zero errors, I an hoping I can get by here without a format/reinstall.
Right. I get it - I use another gizmo for MBR repair. I don't have it with me on my thumb or laptop (I'm on my route), but I will try to find it, or tell you when I get back home to my bench... Paragon or Acronis should have the capability... Got any partition managers around?
The drive ain't encrypted is it? No BIOS pwds or goofy stuff?
NM... You have write or chkdsk would be bawlin...
At grc.com, Steve Gibson has a downloadable lifesaver for all HDDs.
SpinRite 6 can find and fix a slew of problems. I’ve used it to keep my hard drives in good shape. Some are way beyond their expected lifetime.
Check it out for yourself.
Hope this helps for next time.
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